Sholei Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sholei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Sholei (20) may also be a first name.
Sholei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sholei is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholei? popularity and diffusion
Sholei is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sholei live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Sholei is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Sholei is mostly concentrated in: Uasin Gishu County, where 80 percent live and Bungoma County, where 20 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and Iran, where 13 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sholei
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